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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Becomes Highest-Grossing R-Rated Film Ever

The Ryan Reynolds-Hugh Jackman movie surpasses Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker.’

Image Credit: WireImageMarvel Studios and Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine has now become the highest-grossing U.S. R-rated movie ever at the global box office. By August, Deadpool & Wolverine broke a 20-year-old record held by Mel Gibson ’s The Passion of the Christ to become the highest-grossing R-rated film ever domestically, with more than $378 million in ticket sales. Attached to the thank-you note was a memo from Feige to Reynolds and Levy, detailing which drug terms would not be allowed in the film—something Deadpool himself, aka Wade Wilson, humorously references in the movie.

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